Warner Bros. has lifted the lid on Middle-earth: Shadow of War's $39.99 season pass. Before the year's out, fans of the Mordor-based murder-'em-up can look forward to two add-ons, both of them adding a new orc tribe to the game. Then, in 2018, two story expansions will be released featuring new playable characters.
Here are all the details we have:
Slaughter Tribe Nemesis Expansion
- The gruesome Slaughter tribe invades Mordor introducing new missions, Epic and Legendary Orcs, tribal showdowns and fierce battles, brought to life through the Nemesis System.
- New Slaughter tribe fortress with Overlord throne room, monuments and outposts.
- Players can hunt down Legendary Slaughter tribe Orcs for a new Legendary gear set with additional upgrade challenges.
- Slaughter Orcs are the most bloodthirsty in Mordor, capable of ambushing players at any point, creating a deadly new challenge for players.
- Available November 2017.
Outlaw Tribe Nemesis Expansion
- The proud Outlaw tribe arise within Mordor introducing new missions, Epic and Legendary Orcs, tribal showdowns and intense battles, brought to life through the Nemesis System.
- New Outlaw tribe fortress with Overlord throne room, monuments and outposts.
- Players can hunt down Legendary Outlaw tribe Orcs for a new Legendary gear set with additional upgrade challenges.
- The Outlaw tribe is home to the most rebellious warriors in Orc society, outcasts who have a deep contempt of all those who would rule them, be they foreign invaders or Lords of Mordor (whether Dark or Bright).
- Available December 2017.
Blade of Galadriel Story Expansion
- Play as Eltariel, an elite assassin known as the Blade of Galadriel, and go head-to-head with the newest addition to the ranks of the Nazgûl.
- Wield Eltariel’s dual Elven blades and harness the Light of Galadriel with a host of deadly new combat abilities, skills and gear.
- Encounter memorable new Nemesis characters, such as Flint and Tinder and the Slayer of the Dead, while battling the Nazgûl and learning more mysteries of their past.
- Gain eight unique Legendary Orcs who can return to join your forces in the main story campaign with new abilities added to the Nemesis System.
- Unlockable Eltariel character skin for the main story campaign.
- Available February 2018.
Desolation of Mordor Story Expansion
- Play as Baranor, the Captain of Minas Ithil and survivor of the city’s demise, in a new story expansion where players will command the forces of Man against a new Orc threat to the East.
- Unite with Torvin, the Dwarven Hunter, to craft powerful new combat gear, including the shield, gauntlet, chain and glider.
- Hire mercenaries to create a human army and conquer the all new desert region of Lithlad.
- Fight to survive in Mordor as a human without the power of a Ring or a wraith to cheat death in a new rogue-like campaign mode.
- Unlockable Baranor character skin for the main story campaign.
- Available May 2018.
Adding to the already fantastic Nemesis System sounds like a decent idea, and hopefully the story expansions will be worth a look. It's also worth mentioning that you'll be able to purchase said expansions separately if you so desire.
How does this road map look to you? Are you still slaughtering orcs in Shadow of War? Clean that blood off your blade in the comments section below.
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$39.99 season pass
Ouch.
In 6 months you'll be able to get the whole thing for cheap.
@rjejr For that money you will be able to buy the Game of the Year edition next year.
I'll be waiting for the GOTY edition I think.
GOTY edition in summer 2019 for £6.99 in a PSN sale. Okay sold.
might be free for plus member november lol
Seems like more of the same and if I want more of the same I start a new game
Microtransactions AND a season pass? Hmm...
@Jake3103 And several different special/collector's editions all priced highly.
Does the UK gold edition get all this included in the package I take it?
Good god do they ever stop
I learned my lesson WB. Wake me up.when they announce the GOTY edition.
Well the game plus the season pass costs $160 here, think thats about £100. Would love the game but the pricing is crazy. Just going to have to wait for that price drop.
@Kidfried I just bought the first game a few months ago on PSN, I don't recall how much it was, but considering how cheap I am, no more than $8. I have no idea if that included DLC or not, the game isn't even on my list of games to play yet. It was, but it got bumped by MGSV on PS+ last month.
So, probably late 2019 for this one, after PS5 launches and all PS4 games are cheap as a result of it then being "last gen".
@sinalefa GOTY edition.
I see we have something else in common now, waiting.
@rjejr
I got the first one heavily discounted, regular edition. I am in no rush to get this one. Only games I am buying full price for the rest of the year are Mario and Battlefront 2, and I am having second thoughts on the latter after the Visceral thing.
Oh.... Ouch. Yeah no.
@sinalefa "buying full price for the rest of the year"
If you change "the year" to "my life" that's how I feel. Amazon Prime 20% discount or no sale. Of course I was always cheap, but now I'm waiting for complete editions as well. There isn't enough room on the PS4 HDD or the Switch Micro SD card to buy a game now and let it sit there for a year while I wait for Episode Ignis to come out, or the Mario + Rabbids story missions. I'm barely holding out for Zelda BotW DLC, hoping it's very very soon before XC2 takes over my life. Hoping beyond hope that XC2 doesn't have any season pass DLC they've neglected to tell us about.
It's all about old, cheap complete games for me from here on out.
@sinalefa @ApostateMage @crippyd @Kidfried @legalstep Agreed and same here. I'm sure there will be a GOTY Edition released by Fall 2018, and then a huge price drop on that GOTY Edition by Fall 2019.
middle earth shadow of war did not get game of the year 2017 even with the dlc's and no microtransaction's in ps4 update oh well
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